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“Darling Nikki” by Foo Fighters

Released 2003

“Darling Nikki” by Foo Fighters appears on 37 radio countdowns from 16 stations between 2003 and 2024. It was first released in 2003. Its best result is #10 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #62 alternative song of 2004, #3,234 alternative song of all time and #233 of the '00s.

37countdowns
16stations
#10best position
0#1 finishes
1top 10 finishes
2003–2024years charted

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Foo Fighters - Darling Nikki (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2006)

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Foo Fighters took on Prince in 2003 with their own "Darling Nikki", a song he wrote and first put out on Purple Rain in 1984, the tale of a sex fiend named Nikki who seduces the singer. It's a cheeky pick: this is the track that riled Tipper Gore and helped bring the Parental Advisory sticker into the world.

Nick Raskulinecz produced it with the band and mixed it, and they play it as flat-out hard rock, trading the original's purple funk for loud guitars and a pounding backbeat. The sleaze survives the translation just fine.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.

RockLists rankings

Alternative & Modern Rock

All Rock Formats

Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 31 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2003 107
2003 24 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 2003 91
2003 89 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2003 106
2003 77 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 48 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2003 100
2003 46 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2003 101
2003 18 Channel 104.9 San Jose, CA Channel 104.9 Top 104.9 Songs of 2003 105
2003 46 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2003 103
2004 10 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2004 107
2004 27 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 2004 106
2004 101 Q101 Chicago, IL Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 42 WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 2004 100
2004 19 K-Rock New York, NY K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2004 93
2004 25 WFNX Boston, MA WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2004 64 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2004 101
2004 25 The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2004 99
2004 25 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) WEQX Top 102.7 of 2004 103
2004 39 Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) Radio & Records Top 100 Songs of 2004 100
2005 55 CD101 Columbus, OH CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 101

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
2003 1953 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2004 143 Q101 Q101 Top 300 Party Songs of All-Time (July 2004) 300
2004 1902 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 48 96.5 The Buzz 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 of the New Millennium 96
2005 1869 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2006 106 107.7 The End The End Top 107 Songs of the Millennium (December 2006) 107
2006 353 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2006 297 Live 105 Live 105 500 Co-Op Countdown (Memorial Day 2006) 500
2007 2004 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 347 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2008) 500
2008 1924 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1826 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1726 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1703 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1743 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1767 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2014 493 94.3 WCYY WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) 500
2024 619 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Cover Songs 850

Charting alongside it in 2004

Best songs of 2004 →
  1. 1Somebody Told MeThe Killers
  2. 2American IdiotGreen Day
  3. 3Float OnModest Mouse
  4. 4Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand
  5. 5VertigoU2
  6. 6MegalomaniacIncubus

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